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President Joe Biden and New York State Senator Brian Kavanagh. (Getty, Department of Treasury) Washington dished out a new set of guidelines for state-issued rent relief funds last week — specifications that could throw a wrench in New York’s distribution plan for a program that has yet to go live. It is unclear how the state will need to revise its program based on the new guidelines, if at all. However, some property owners are concerned that the federal rules don’t explicitly require renters who receive funds to hand that money over to their landlords. The state’s current rules all...

RSA’s Joseph Strasburg and Judge Lawrence Marks (Getty, Strasburg via Jeffersons Siegel) One day after a judge struck down the federal eviction ban, a landlord lobby is taking aim at New York’s statewide moratorium. The Rent Stabilization Association filed a suit Thursday challenging the constitutionality of the law, which Gov. Andrew Cuomo just extended through Aug. 31. The case seeks an injunction against the ban. RSA, which represents 25,000 landlords, alleges that the law violates landlords’ first amendment rights by requiring them to distribute a hardship declaration form that forc...

Sen. Brian Kavanagh and RSA President Joe Strasburg (Getty, Strasburg via Jeffersons Siegel) Sometime this month, New York landlords and tenants will gain access to $2.3 billion in federal aid allocated by the state. The catch: They’ll have to work together to get it. In a year that’s pushed the cat-dog dichotomy of the landlord-tenant relationship to extremes, cooperation could be elusive. The law allows either party to start an application for relief. But for money to be doled out, tenants must request funds that will go directly to the landlord and the landlord must, in turn, accept th...

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Presented by Uber Driver Stories The budget is getting later by the minute, but Albany lawmakers have now finalized some of the stickier parts of the more than $200 billion spending plan that is now five days behind schedule. Easter afternoon, legislative sources confirmed a tentative agreement includes a big bump on tax rates for the state’s highest earners and some corporations, a step that is estimated to raise about $4.3 billion in revenue. They’re also hoping to include an additional $500 million that mobile sports betting could eventually rake in. The increases would start for fil...